Netflix's lineup of new movies in August has been very strong, thanks to some carefully selected films from other studios. Whoever makes the movie choices at Netflix apparently has some fantastic taste in cinema, because these are impeccable films among them. Watch With Us has included some of August's fresh arrivals as well as established classics to come up with this list of the five best Netflix movies ranked by IMDb. From the Oscar-winning drama The English Patient to the hilarious comedy Groundhog Day, you can't go wrong with any of these selections. We promise! 5. 'Thirteen' (2003) IMDb rank: 6.8 Evan Rachel Wood had a breakout role in Thirteen as Tracy Freeland, a troubled teenager who suffers from severe depression. Tracy's mother, Melanie Freeland (Holly Hunter), has problems of her own and largely allows her daughter free rein. Melanie comes to regret that when Tracy falls in with a popular girl from school, Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed). Tracy and Evie enable each other's vices, and the former gets in serious trouble for the first time. By the time Melanie realizes that she's lost control of Tracy, it's too late to force her apart from Evie. The two girls aren't done pushing each other to extremes, no matter the consequences for either of them. Thirteen is streaming on Netflix. 4. 'Mission: Impossible' (1996) IMDb rank: 7.2 Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to watch this nearly 30-year-old action masterpiece that hasn't gone out of style. The Brian De Palma-directed movie remains the popular series' best due to a great supporting cast that includes Oscar winners Jon Voight and Vanessa Redgrave, Ving Rhames, Brat Packer Emilio Estevez and Kristin Scott Thomas. The action is pretty awesome, too. After most of his team is killed during a botched mission and all the blame is pinned on him, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) goes into hiding and recruits other disreputable spies to help him clear his tarnished name. That's easier said than done, as whoever engineered the plot to frame Ethan also wants him dead. It's a race against time as Ethan and his team must find the mysterious figure behind Ethan's downfall before it's too late. Mission: Impossible is streaming on Netflix. 3. 'The English Patient' (1996) IMDb rank: 7.4 Seinfeld's Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) famously hated this 1996 Oscar-winning drama, at one point chastising the movie for its impractical use of a bathtub as a place to have sex. She has a point there, but we disagree with her negative critical review of this sweeping, epic love story. It's a masterpiece, with stunning cinematography and a moody, swoon-worthy score. Ralph Fiennes stars as the titular patient, László, who tells his sad story of a doomed love affair with the married Katherine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas) to a kind nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche). Slowly, Hana finds out how he met Katherine, fell in love with her and lost her during World War II. Meanwhile, Hana begins her own flirtation with the mysterious Kip (Lost's Naveen Andrews). The English Patient is streaming on Netflix. 2. 'Groundhog Day' (1993) IMDb rank: 8.0 The late Harold Ramis delivered his masterpiece in Groundhog Day, a film he co-wrote and directed. Bill Murray finds the hidden depths of his character, Phil Connors, even if it takes several lifetimes to do so. Phil came to Punxsutawney for the daily Groundhog Day event. And every day has been repeating for him since he arrived. 3 New Netflix Movies With 90 Percent or Higher on Rotten Tomatoes (August 2025) Phil doesn't know why he's been trapped in an endless time loop, but his responses range from anger to madness and despair. Even falling in love with his producer, Rita Hanson (Andie MacDowell), can't free Phill from this purgatory. If he wants out, Phil needs to dig even deeper into himself and determine who he wants to be. Groundhog Day is streaming on Netflix 1. 'The Departed' (2006) IMDb rank: 8.5 In 2006, director Martin Scorsese adapted The Departed from a Hong Kong film called Infernal Affairs. In the modern era, both films could have been streaming hits. However, only The Departed had star power up and down the cast. Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead as William "Billy" Costigan Jr., an undercover cop who has sacrificed everything to infiltrate the crime family of Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Frank has a spy of his own among the cops in Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a man he groomed to be loyal from an early age. Neither Billy nor Colin knows that they're the rats in each other's teams, and they can't allow anyone else to find out. For Billy, there are only a few who can even prove he's undercover. Once they're gone, there may not be any coming back for him. The Departed is streaming on Netflix.